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<span class="top">The Book of Luke</span><HR NOSHADE>
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<a href="B42C001.html">1</a>
<a href="B42C002.html">2</a>
<a href="B42C003.html">3</a>
<a href="B42C004.html">4</a>
<a href="B42C005.html">5</a>
<a href="B42C006.html">6</a>
<a href="B42C007.html">7</a>
<a href="B42C008.html">8</a>
<a href="B42C009.html">9</a>
<a href="B42C010.html">10</a>
<a href="B42C011.html">11</a>
<a href="B42C012.html">12</a>
<a href="B42C013.html">13</a>
<a href="B42C014.html">14</a>
<a href="B42C015.html">15</a>
<a href="B42C016.html">16</a>
<a href="B42C017.html">17</a>
<a href="B42C018.html">18</a>
<a href="B42C019.html">19</a>
<a href="B42C020.html">20</a>
<a href="B42C021.html">21</a>
<a href="B42C022.html">22</a>
<a href="B42C023.html">23</a>
<a href="B42C024.html"><font size=+2 color=red>24</font></a>
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<td class="v">24:1</td>
<td>Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.</td>
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<td class="v">24:2</td>
<td>And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.</td>
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<td class="v">24:3</td>
<td>And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.</td>
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<td class="v">24:4</td>
<td>And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:</td>
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<td class="v">24:5</td>
<td>And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?</td>
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<td class="v">24:6</td>
<td>He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,</td>
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<td class="v">24:7</td>
<td>Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.</td>
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<td class="v">24:8</td>
<td>And they remembered his words,</td>
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<td class="v">24:9</td>
<td>And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.</td>
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<td class="v">24:10</td>
<td>It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.</td>
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<td class="v">24:11</td>
<td>And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.</td>
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<td class="v">24:12</td>
<td>Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.</td>
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<td class="v">24:13</td>
<td>And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.</td>
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<td class="v">24:14</td>
<td>And they talked together of all these things which had happened.</td>
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<td class="v">24:15</td>
<td>And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.</td>
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<td class="v">24:16</td>
<td>But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.</td>
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<td class="v">24:17</td>
<td>And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?</td>
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<td class="v">24:18</td>
<td>And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?</td>
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<td class="v">24:19</td>
<td>And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:</td>
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<td class="v">24:20</td>
<td>And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.</td>
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<td class="v">24:21</td>
<td>But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.</td>
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<td class="v">24:22</td>
<td>Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;</td>
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<td class="v">24:23</td>
<td>And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.</td>
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<td class="v">24:24</td>
<td>And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.</td>
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<td class="v">24:25</td>
<td>Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:</td>
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<td class="v">24:26</td>
<td>Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?</td>
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<td class="v">24:27</td>
<td>And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.</td>
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<td class="v">24:28</td>
<td>And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.</td>
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<td class="v">24:29</td>
<td>But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.</td>
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<td class="v">24:30</td>
<td>And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.</td>
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<td class="v">24:31</td>
<td>And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.</td>
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<td class="v">24:32</td>
<td>And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?</td>
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<td class="v">24:33</td>
<td>And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,</td>
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<td class="v">24:34</td>
<td>Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.</td>
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<td class="v">24:35</td>
<td>And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.</td>
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<td class="v">24:36</td>
<td>And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.</td>
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<td class="v">24:37</td>
<td>But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.</td>
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<td class="v">24:38</td>
<td>And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?</td>
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<td class="v">24:39</td>
<td>Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.</td>
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<td class="v">24:40</td>
<td>And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.</td>
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<td class="v">24:41</td>
<td>And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?</td>
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<td class="v">24:42</td>
<td>And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.</td>
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<td class="v">24:43</td>
<td>And he took it, and did eat before them.</td>
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<td class="v">24:44</td>
<td>And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.</td>
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<td class="v">24:45</td>
<td>Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,</td>
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<td class="v">24:46</td>
<td>And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:</td>
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<td class="v">24:47</td>
<td>And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.</td>
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<td class="v">24:48</td>
<td>And ye are witnesses of these things.</td>
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<td class="v">24:49</td>
<td>And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.</td>
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<td class="v">24:50</td>
<td>And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.</td>
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<td class="v">24:51</td>
<td>And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.</td>
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<td class="v">24:52</td>
<td>And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:</td>
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<td class="v">24:53</td>
<td>And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.</td>
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